City profileIdahoFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Boise get?
Boise received $1.4 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $5,712 per resident, 58th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $1.4 billion in awards whose place of performance is Boise, ID, about $5,712 per resident.
Boise is 33rd of 99 large cities per resident
Federal awards per resident, FY2025, the 99 largest US cities on this site. Dashed line: median city.
What the money is
That is down 25.0% from FY2024 ($1.8 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 128.4%. The largest share came as contracts ($856.1 million). The Department of Agriculture obligated the most ($566.6 million), and the largest program was Special Education Grants to States ($63.7 million). By this measure Boise ranks 58th of the 99 large US cities on this site.
What is counted: contracts, grants, loans and payments that agencies report with this city as the place of performance (USAspending.gov city name BOISE, state ID). Payments to individuals, such as Social Security, are published only as county totals to protect privacy, so most of them do not show up at city level. For the full picture see the Idaho page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Boise by year
Boise: $1.4B in FY2025, up 128% on FY2019
Federal award obligations by fiscal year and type, FY2018–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is preliminary and still filling in.
- Insurance and other
- Loans (subsidy cost)
- Direct payments
- Grants
- Contracts
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans | Insurance and other | Total | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $144.6M | $441.0M | $76.5M | -$9.7M | $229,414 | $652.6M | – |
| FY2019 | $119.6M | $431.5M | $77.5M | -$32.4M | $152,444 | $596.4M | – |
| FY2020 | $166.7M | $537.5M | $136.3M | -$46.3M | $94,318 | $794.4M | $3,366 |
| FY2021 | $133.6M | $1.3B | $145.1M | -$81.4M | $11,010 | $1.5B | $6,430 |
| FY2022 | $288.8M | $547.3M | $108.1M | -$52.1M | $1.3M | $893.4M | $3,763 |
| FY2023 | $326.5M | $456.1M | $102.9M | -$33.4M | $63,595 | $852.1M | $3,606 |
| FY2024 | $749.5M | $993.5M | $104.5M | -$30.8M | $154,242 | $1.8B | $7,643 |
| FY2025 | $856.1M | $419.5M | $132.3M | -$47.8M | $1.6M | $1.4B | $5,712 |
| FY2026* | $710.3M | $413.1M | $116.6M | -$52.6M | $1.1M | $1.2B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Boise and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Memphis, TN | $1.5 billion |
| Cleveland, OH | $1.4 billion |
| Boise, ID (this page) | $1.4 billion |
| Lincoln, NE | $1.4 billion |
| San Jose, CA | $1.3 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Boise, and the largest federal programs. Programs are federal Assistance Listings (formerly CFDA numbers); contracts have no listing number, so they do not appear there.
Top awarding agencies
| Agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture | $566.6 million | 41.6% |
| Department of Education | $278.3 million | 20.4% |
| Department of the Interior | $232.6 million | 17.1% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $81.3 million | 6.0% |
| Department of Defense | $33.4 million | 2.5% |
| Department of Transportation | $32.8 million | 2.4% |
| National Science Foundation | $28.7 million | 2.1% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $23.6 million | 1.7% |
| Department of Justice | $16.8 million | 1.2% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $15.8 million | 1.2% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Special Education Grants to States Assistance Listing 84.027 | $63.7 million | 4.7% |
| Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies Assistance Listing 84.010 | $63.7 million | 4.7% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $63.0 million | 4.6% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $40.4 million | 3.0% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $31.3 million | 2.3% |
| Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States Assistance Listing 84.126 | $26.1 million | 1.9% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $22.4 million | 1.6% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $13.9 million | 1.0% |
| Charter Schools Assistance Listing 84.282 | $13.6 million | 1.0% |
| Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) Assistance Listing 84.367 | $10.8 million | 0.8% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Boise
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Boise get?
- $1.4 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Boise, ID, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $5,712 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 238,429 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Boise?
- The Department of Agriculture, with $566.6 million in FY2025.
Sources and notes
- USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by place of performance city (BOISE) in ID, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city estimates (Boise City city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.